Group E - Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

[PhoenixFire]

ESPN America shows a load of football, them and Fox have a channel that shows a ridiculous load. Think Setanta is still going in the US too.

Dunno if you're watching the same ESPN America as me, but I watch it loads and I don't think I've ever seen football on it.

 

[Uppercut]

I never said they weren't. A regional tournament still doesn't capture anything like a world tournament, with very few exceptions.

I thought your comment on the US having no interest in a hypothetical European Championships involving them undersold it pretty hugely though. Might be true, but if you Yanks don't have it in you to appreciate such a great tournament then it's your problem rather than something wrong with the Euros .

 

[Steulen]

I never said they weren't. A regional tournament still doesn't capture anything like a world tournament, with very few exceptions.

Please tell me you don't mean village fair borefests like the Super Bowl or World Series?

 

[The Sean]

Yeah. Poborsky lob in that tournament just as good imo.

Suker's lob over Big Pete was a hell of a goal too.

 

[Steulen]

Yeah. Poborsky lob in that tournament just as good imo.

I always found Poborsky's lob a bit strange. It was so high, I though he'd overdone it but it was a goal so it must have just been too good for mere mortals to comprehend.

 

[Furball]

I never said they weren't. A regional tournament still doesn't capture anything like a world tournament, with very few exceptions.

Americans love the Champions League, we love the Super Bowl...

 

[Matteh]

Dunno if you're watching the same ESPN America as me, but I watch it loads and I don't think I've ever seen football on it.

It's ESPN something, definitely isn't the English one because I'd be watching that on the TV instead of on the computer with no legal ambiguity involved.

 

[GIMH]

ESPN Classic?

 

[Matteh]

Naah. See the latter end of the sentence above for reasons.

 

[duffer]

Got some money on Robin to open the scoring tonight and some money on him scoring anytime. He's gonna do me proud I know it.

 

[Burgey]

Looking forward to this one tbh. I know the Dutch should win and win well, but the way things have been the past few days, who knows what might happen?

 

[99*]

Cheering for Japan, too many Japanese friends would kill me if I didn't.

 

[duffer]

This game desperately needs a goal.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Only just switched over after watching England beat the Wallabies (), but seems a fairly disjointed game so far. Japan look v much in it tho.

 

[sledger]

Carn Japan, England and Germany have both failed me, so it's up to my third team to strike it lucky.

 

[duffer]

Can you jump on the Ghana and Serbia bandwagons while you're at it?

 

[sledger]

Will be.

 

[BoyBrumby]

RvP's finishing leaving a little to be desired so far.

Given how the Dutch have performed so far I wonder if his and Sneijder's mutual contempt is poisoning the atmosphere a bit? Haven't clicked yet, anyway.

 

[duffer]

Japan fancy themselves as the bes tteam in Asia and look like it right now. I thought they'd finish bottom of this group but have been really impressive so far. If they qualify the two teams who don't would be ropeable I'd imagine.

edit: Wow, that's ridiculous keeping.

 

[SirBloody Idiot]

SNEIJDER! What a strike!